Dear Mr. Cornwell My name is Gian, I am 25 years old, Swiss/Portuguese and have read all your Arthur Books, Grail Quest books, Saxon Stories (well I an almost done with Sword Song) and will read Azincourt next. First of all, I would like to tell you, how you made me give up the TV in exchange for reading books, you Sir, totally changed my life and I could not be more happy. The way you write, makes me think I am part of the book. Your books already made me laugh but by that I mean burst out in laughs, mad, happy and sad and strangely enough, I feel like I am part in your books. Your books also caused me to start archery, that I have now been doing for a few months and I ordered a custom made Longbow from Pip Bickerstaffe there in the UK and am getting great at it. I always liked history, never liked to read, until I started reading your books and where you mix fiction with real history and that is amazing, it entertains, it teaches and your brief historical notes basically enlighten me what to keep in my memory in terms of what happened for real. However, I am becoming a little sad now, because Sword Song is almost finished and I love to read about those time periods, Dark to Middle Ages, but as soon as gunpowder comes too much into view, I am not as motivated. A shield wall clashing against another shield wall is just something that can never be compared with using muskets and rifles but I will most probably read your remaining books regarding to that anyway. I would also ask you kindly, not to give up writing books in general and I hope you will write more books about those interesting times and at last have one more question and if you could be so kind and whenever you have time answer it, it would mean a lot to me, well, it is regarding Lancelot. In your book basically, Lancelot was a coward. When I looked up info on the internet on Lancelot, many things turn up. One of the things is that he was seeking the holy grail, or that he had another name known Galahad and so on and he was always betrayed as a hero, but who, to your understanding was that character really ? A last question as well, what other books or authors do you recommend that write historical/fictional books just as you ? And at last, I would like you to know that you are my favorite author, because you basically made my life brighter in a way, that every minute I spent so far reading your books was more than worth it and that I will always remember your work as my favorite, as a kick in the butt to make me read many more amazing books out there and leave the TV aside unless it is to watch the news or some documentary. Thank you very much for your time, your work and please, do never stop writing and if bards still do exist, then I shall find them and pay them so they can make songs of how great your works are until the world ends in chaos hehe. Kind Regards Gian Philipp